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Why This Forgotten Civil War Weapon Is Unlike Anything Else Ever Found

While metal detecting on historic Civil War ground, a rare espionage weapon was uncovered a piece of 19th-century spy ...
Collegiate Times

Newman Library unveils Lincoln, Civil War exhibit

Virginia Tech is kicking off an exhibition on Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War in Newman Library today, along with a corresponding speaker series. “Lincoln, the Constitution and the Civil War” will ...
The Roanoke Times

Virginia Tech students uncover lost history of Black Civil War soldiers

BLACKSBURG — Students at Virginia Tech are working to shed some light on a part of American history that has been overlooked and long forgotten. Their work has uncovered details of 70 Black men who ...
The Roanoke Times

CASEY: Treasure trove of Civil War documents finds a home at Virginia Tech

An enormous cache of recently discovered Civil War letters and other 19th century documents has been donated to Virginia Tech by a descendant of a Confederate general who later played a key role in ...
WDBJ

Civil War General and wife’s love letters donated to Virginia Tech by great-great-granddaughter

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WDBJ) - What’s now known as the Glencoe Museum in Radford used to be the home of Civil War Confederate General Gabriel Wharton. The home was passed down to his family. When General ...